§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the effect of the Overseas Development Administration budget announced in the autumn statement on the achievement of the UN target of 0.7 per cent. of gross national product for overseas aid budgets.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 18 November 1992]: Performance against the 0.7 per cent. target is based on actual expenditure and by calendar year. It is not useful, therefore, for the Government to make forecasts of future aid/GNP ratios based on planning figures by financial year.